Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

Wow, that's pretty brilliant.  Stairs and ramp in one. Love thinking of those with disabilities as part of what we do!  ;-) (Source Phot...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " Dancing on the Head of a Pin ." We’re all different, and we all have so...

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " A Practical Approach to Peace in the Middle East ." The question then is...

How do they get that ship in a bottle? Build the ship inside the bottle or blow the glass and shape it around the ship. Sort of like the chi...

Why do all the mechanic shops seem to have a car, like in this photo, lying around.  Sort of reminds me of The Flintstones Car (from the TV ...

There are two quotes on innovation that I came across recently that I liked and wanted to share: The first by David Ben-Gurion: If a...

There are two things to know. Know-how:  That's knowing how to do things yourself. Know-who:  That's knowing who to go to t...

This so reminded me of... Spider Man, Spider Man, Does Whatever A Spider Can. Veterans Day must be a great day to get your windows w...

I heard this saying and thought it was good: Problems that are left unattended have a habit of becoming crises.  I suppose problems ex...

So I am reading this book called "Israel's Edge." It's basically about their elite genius program, "Talpiot,...

Wow, I couldn't believe that this is a real word. Automagically. I thought my colleague was using it as a gag.  But when I asked...

I heard a great presentation on change management. Some highlights I really liked: - U.S. Army War College in developing high performa...

Funny T-Shirt on solving computer problems: Does it work? Did you screw with it? Does anyone know? Can you blame anyone else? T...

This was a funny true story that happened recently.  Someone found a roach walking around their desk in the office.  Not knowing who ...

Took an interesting class recently in having difficult conversations. These are the conversations you need to have about performance, ac...

So this shutdown has really been an education in political dysfunction, bickering, and childish behavior.  But when President Trump yest...

So one lesson of life that I have learned is about criticism.  It's easy to criticize, but tough to come up with real solutions.  ...

So I attended my first interfaith event today at Temple Shalom in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The first lady that I spoke to said that she ...

So yesterday I attended a colleagues's leadership program graduation.  There were about 20 people in the graduating class.  One th...

So I wanted to share some wisdom from one of my best friends.  He was telling me about some of life's stresses at work, home, etc....